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The Lady Laker Softball team picked up a win in Florida yesterday, defeating Ballard by a score of 13-8. The Lady Lakers finished with 15 total hits on the day. Miley Rankins, Camdin Cooper, Madelyn […]

The Russell County High School Baseball and Softball teams picked up victories in their respective spring break events yesterday. The Laker Baseball team defeated Halifax County 10-7. Raylan McAninch finished the game with a team-high […]

by LARRY VAUGHT Mo Williams played 13 seasons in the NBA and was on a NBA championship team in Cleveland with LeBron James. He played two years at Alabama and was the SEC Freshman of […]

The Laker Baseball team picked up a win in Myrtle Beach yesterday, defeating Chittenango from New York by a score of 17-3. Tanner Stringer finished with a team-high 4 hits and 1 run batted in. […]

The Lady Laker Softball team is playing in Fort Walton Florida, and fell to Raceland in their first game yesterday by a score of 8-1. Rylen McGowan finished with a hit and RBI in the […]

The Laker Tennis team split a matchup with Monroe County last week. The boys won 5-0. Carson Buras, Ethan Coe, and Daniel Blakey picked up singles wins. Brodey Brown and Sebastian Betts-Jimenez won in doubles, […]

by LARRY VAUGHT Pat Etcheberry, a native of Chili, was a Southeastern Conference  champion in the javelin in 1966 at Kentucky and then was an assistant track coach at UK from 1967-79 and head coach […]

The Lady Laker Softball team picked up a district win on the road at Monroe County yesterday by a score of 13-2. Emma Wilson hit a grand slam for Russell County in the victory. Paisley […]

The Laker Baseball team dropped its opening game in Myrtle Beach yesterday, falling 7-2 to Lake Center Christian. Riley Taylor and Jace Scaggs each finished the game with 3 hits, and Taylor drove in a […]

Multiple Russell County High School athletic teams are in action today. The Laker Baseball team kicks off its spring break slate in Myrtle Beach with a matchup against Lake Center Christian out of Ohio. The […]